Improvement in washing-machines



0. SN ELL 8L A. S. vSN ELL` Improvement inV Washing-Machines.

Patented June18, 1872.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR SNELL AND AINSWORTH S. SNELL, OF WILLIAMSBURG, OHIO, ASSIGNORS OF ONEHALF OF THEIR RIGHT TO JOSEPH BOYD, OF

SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT iN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Batent No. 128,187, dated J une 1S, 1872.

Specification describing certainlmprovements in Vashing-Machines, invented by OsoAE SNELL and AINswoRTH S. SNELL, of Williamsburg, in the county of Clermont and State of Ohio.

The objects of this invention are to furnish a machine in which the rubbing mechanism shall have a more elastic hold on the clothes than formerly, and at the same time dispense with all such complications as treadles, springs, and eccentrics to raise the rubber from the same while washing; arranging the incline of the rollerbed relative to the rubbing-lever, to give a motion the least tiresome to hands and arms, and allow it to be used as a common wash-board if required; also, attaching the rub-board to the lever by means of the springs in such manner that it will conform itself more nearly to irregularities, and permit the sprin gs 1go have the requisite tension for violent rubing.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section directly through the center of the machine, showing the conformity of the springs, rubbing-lever, and position of the bed of rollers. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view, showing better the construction of the rubbin g-lever.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

C represents the water-box or tub, which is elevated to a convenient height by the legs N. S are rollers making an inclined roller-bed whose ends are pivoted into the side pieces that are supported by means of screw or pin at K and the bottom of the water-box .0.

4F is the clothes-rubber. H is the spring by rubbing-lever B consists of two side pieces,

into which, at the sides, nearA the ends, are tenoned the cross-pieces, the one at the upper end to be used as a handle and the lower one to brace the lever and receive the screw upon which turn the guide'rollers V that run in the slots or grooves L. There are two halielliptic springs, one at each end of the rub-board, their ends being attached to the under side of the side pieces of the rubbing-lever, their centers attached to the upper side of the rubboard by means of one screw, better to allow it to conform to all kinds of clothes. Therollers V are made of cast-iron or other suitable material. They are fastened to the sides of the rubbing-frame or lever by means of screws of about one-quarter or" an inch diameter, which act as journals.

The clothes to be washed are placed upon the bed of rollers, and a reciprocating motion, with a gentle downward pressure, is given to the rubbing-lever, which carries the rubber F with the clothes over the rollers. They, turning on their journals, allow an easy passage, while. at the same time the rollers V are rolling in the grooves at the side of the box, and acting as fulcrums for the rubbing-lever while in the act of washin g. The rubbing-lever can be taken out of the box by lifting it to, a perpendicular position, and turn it either to the right or left, which will slip the rollers out of the grooves. The box can then be used to rinse in without the interference of any of the rubbing-mechanism. 1f required, the bed of rollers can be turned upon the fastenin g-screw at K against the front of the box, and be used as a wash-board in hand-washin g.

What we claim as new, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of the reciprocating rubbing-frame or lever B, half-elliptic springs H, and corrugated rubber F with the other parts of the machine.

2. The combination of the grooves L, roll ers V, and inclined roller-bed, for the purpose described.

3. The combination ofthe bed of rollers with the other parts of the machine, as shown and Witnesses:

BYRON WILLIAMS, PETER M. SNELL. 

